COLUMBUS, Ohio Jan 8 2021– A Columbus man has agreed to plead guilty in a case involving the murder of a husband and wife in a local Internet café. Desjuan R. Lee Harris, 25, offered his guilty plea in U.S. District Court today to two counts of robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm […]
Charlotte NC January 5 th, 2021 A nearly 300 % increase in security officer deaths compared to last year was seen in 2020, Private Officer International reported today. While the frontline protectors fell victim to the Coronavirus 252 times, another 76 security officers died at the workplace from illnesses, accidents and assaults including 43 on-duty homicides. […]
HARROGATE, Tenn. Dec 30 2020 Lincoln Memorial University is mourning the loss of Chief of Campus Police and Security Christopher King, who died on Christmas Eve as a result of COVID-19. “Christopher King was a great man, who contributed so much to the LMU and law enforcement community of our area,” LMU President Clayton Hess said. […]
Dallas TX December 26 2020 A security officer who had been working during the past week has died on Thursday. His cause of death has been listed as COVID-19. The security officer’s name has not been released at this time. In early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country […]
Champaign County IL Dec 24 2020 A 21-year-old security officer at Carle Foundation Hospital is the youngest Champaign County resident to lose their life to COVID-19. Bryant Boyer-Killion died Monday “from COVID-19 due to complications from asthma,” his family said Tuesday in a statement to The News-Gazette. “He was the best son and big brother. […]
Rochester N.H. Dec 21 2020 A security officer assaulted by a man at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester last week has died from his injuries, police said Sunday. Richard Semo, 64, of Farmington, suffered serious injuries around 3:20 a.m. on Dec. 13 after being punched in the face in the parking lot and falling to […]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. Dec 20 2020 Blytheville Elementary School announced the death of their school’s security officer on social media. Tommy Bennett was a Blytheville alumnus, serving the school as a school board member and commissioned school security officer. The school says that Bennett cared very deeply for the students and staff in the Blytheville community. They […]
HONOLULU HI Dec 19 2020 – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is saddened by the loss of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) Lead Transportation Security Officer Maui Kahalepuna, who passed away on December 12, 2020, after contracting COVID-19. Kahalepuna joined TSA in September 2002 among Honolulu’s first class of officers assisting with the initial rollout […]
Charlotte NC December 18, 2020 Armando Gutierrez was in his third week of being a security officer when he succumbed to the Covid19 pandemic in Texas. He worked at a convenience store, an apartment complex, and a grocery store during that time and had no signs of being ill. It’s devasting because he was our […]
WILLARD, Mo. Dec 18 2020 A month-long investigation into the murder of a Missouri man and his fiancée has led to the arrests of the man’s ex-wife and three others, police said. The killing of Alex Chute, 28, and Brianna Sproul, 30, took place Nov. 14 in Willard. They were home when they were shot to […]